From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/43195 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sean Neakums Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Prolem with attachments. Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:09:52 +0000 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <6u7kp8we0f.fsf@zork.zork.net> References: <87y9hoz7e3.fsf@inanna.rimspace.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035178328 16296 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:32:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:32:08 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 5228 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2002 12:10:37 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 20 Feb 2002 12:10:37 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16dVZo-0005ig-00; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 06:10:24 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 20 Feb 2002 06:10:24 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id GAA21841 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 06:10:13 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 5221 invoked by alias); 20 Feb 2002 12:10:08 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 5216 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2002 12:10:08 -0000 Original-Received: from zork.zork.net (66.92.188.166) by gnus.org with SMTP; 20 Feb 2002 12:10:08 -0000 Original-Received: from sneakums by zork.zork.net with local (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16dVZI-0000Jl-00; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 04:09:52 -0800 Original-To: 24th Century Technology X-Message-Flag: Message text advisory: AFFIRMATION OF THE CONSEQUENT, HEINOUS SELF-AGGRANDIZATION X-Mailer: Norman Mail-Followup-To: 24th Century Technology In-Reply-To: <87y9hoz7e3.fsf@inanna.rimspace.net> (Daniel Pittman's message of "Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:04:36 +1100") Original-Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.1 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43195 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43195 commence Daniel Pittman quotation: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Matthieu Moy wrote: >> But why should it send it in parts ? > Because there are /still/ a lot of email gateways that bounce large > messages or, worse, drop them silently or return a permanent fatal > error when one is sent through them. > >> When is asked the question, I thought about multipart ? > Maybe you could suggest a better way of phrasing a question that means: > > Should Gnus split this message up into smaller parts > for transmission to avoid problems with mail gateways? How about simply "Send as multiple multiple messages?"? "No" might be a sensible default, given the prevalance of broken MUAs. -- ///////////////// | | The spark of a pin | (require 'gnu) | dropping, falling feather-like. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | | There is too much noise.